Comments on: Now for something completely different http://marshallandme.com/now-for-something-completely-different/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: michael edmunds http://marshallandme.com/now-for-something-completely-different/comment-page-1/#comment-51 michael edmunds Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:06:07 +0000 http://hintonandco.com/?p=1923#comment-51 Some argue that McLuhan's originality peaked in the 50's. Everything that followed was a rehash of the 40's and 50's work, is the gist. McLuhan's own view of the rehab from 67 is that he had to "relearn" stuff. I think he did. McLuhan in my view didn't take the next steps in his project from that point for a lot of reasons- personal and professional. what would they have been? Probably a blend of Wyndham Lewis and James Joyce. The great leap from the Ivory Tower to the Control Tower was/is the inevitable conclusion of his project. Who was going to let that happen? In other words media ecology isn't a benign activity (in the wrong or right hands.) Trudeau, the Pope offered kudos publicly, but back stage they ignored him; he wasn't given his media ecology captain's license. Don't forget April ref by Eliot is referred back to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Marchand points out McLuhan's reading the Tales to his kids on road trips (p144.) so his aside to PW is likely multi-dimensional. Finally there's a view that 1967 haunted him and Fordham in more ways than decay. That's for another day Look forward to part 2. and an explanation as to why you're doing it! me Some argue that McLuhan’s originality peaked in the 50′s. Everything that followed was a rehash of the 40′s and 50′s work, is the gist. McLuhan’s own view of the rehab from 67 is that he had to “relearn” stuff. I think he did. McLuhan in my view didn’t take the next steps in his project from that point for a lot of reasons- personal and professional. what would they have been? Probably a blend of Wyndham Lewis and James Joyce. The great leap from the Ivory Tower to the Control Tower was/is the inevitable conclusion of his project. Who was going to let that happen? In other words media ecology isn’t a benign activity (in the wrong or right hands.) Trudeau, the Pope offered kudos publicly, but back stage they ignored him; he wasn’t given his media ecology captain’s license.

Don’t forget April ref by Eliot is referred back to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Marchand points out McLuhan’s reading the Tales to his kids on road trips (p144.) so his aside to PW is likely multi-dimensional.

Finally there’s a view that 1967 haunted him and Fordham in more ways than decay. That’s for another day

Look forward to part 2. and an explanation as to why you’re doing it!
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